Dictionary of Welsh Biography

KENYON family Gredington, Peel Hall, March 1784. He was appointed privy councillor on 12 April and created baronet on 28 July 1784. On 4 June 1788 he succeeded lord Mansfield as chief justice of the King's Bench, and was created a peer on 9 June with the title ' Lord Kenyon, Baron of Gredington, co. Flint.' During his long career at the Bar, Lord Chief Justice Kenyon was concerned with many interesting cases: as advocate he led the
KOTSCHNIG, ELINED PRYS (1895 - 1983), psychoanalyst and pacifist intensified by the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor at the end of January 1933. Walter and Elined responded to the crisis in the university sector by co-editing a volume under the auspices of the International Student Service, The University in a Changing World (1932). Developing on the Service's conferences in the dark years after the First World War, when the discussion was guided by practical
LEIGH, EDMUND (1735? - 1819), Methodist cleric Born c. 1735, son of Richard Nash Leigh, curate of Llanwynno and Aberdare. He is the ' Edmund Leigh of Penrydd, co. Pembroke ' who was ordained deacon by the bishop of S. David's in 1760 and licensed as curate of Henllan Amgoed. He was ordained priest in 1761 and appointed curate of Llandybie. From 1762 until his death he was curate of Llanedi and he also ministered to the neighbouring parish of
LEVI, THOMAS (1825 - 1916), Calvinistic Methodist minister, editor of Trysorfa y Plant, and author y Beibl, 1870; Casgliad o Hen Farwnadau, 1872; Hanes y Beibl Cymraeg, 1876; Traethodau Bywgraffyddol, 1882 and after, published in a single volume entitled Cedyrn Cymru; Canmlwyddiant yr Ysgol Sabbothol, 1885. He also translated sixty books from English into Welsh, including Yr Anianydd Cristionogol, 1859; Crist a Gwroniaid y Byd Paganaidd, 1887. He co-operated with Dr. Joseph Parry in the
LEVY, MERVYN MONTAGUE (1914 - 1996), writer and broadcaster on the visual arts work of Liberty & Co. In 1982 he published a short memoir, Reflections in a Broken Mirror. Levy was of striking appearance. He was unusually short, but handsome. Urbane in manner, he was a celebrated raconteur with a taste for fantasy, entertaining visitors at the Chelsea Arts Club, many of whom came to him in later years for his anecdotes about Dylan Thomas. He married three times and had a daughter
LEWES, Sir WATKIN (1740 - 1821), lord mayor of London , eldest daughter and co-heir of Thomas Popkin of Fforest, near Swansea, who brought him considerable estates in Glamorgan, and Rudbaxton in Pembrokeshire. Having contested Worcester unsuccessfully in four elections, he sought civic and parliamentary honours in the City of London. His rise was rapid; in 1772 he was made sheriff and also alderman of Lime Street Ward, was knighted in 1773, and in 1780
LEWIS GLYN COTHI (fl. 1447-1486), one of the greatest of the 15th century Welsh bards shop early in the 19th century, is said to have been largely written by him. About 230 of his poems have been preserved. Of these 154 were printed in The Poetical Works of Lewis Glyn Cothi, published by the Society of Cymmrodorion under the editorship of Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) and John Jones (Tegid) in 1837. His entire works are now being issued in three volumes (vol. i, 1953) by the co
LEWIS, Sir ALFRED (EDWARD) (1868 - 1940), banker ), born 26 December 1866, and also educated at King Edward's School, became prominent in the world of insurance. At 23 he was manager of the Birmingham branch of the Northern Assurance Co., and when (1906) this was merged with the Liverpool and London and Globe Co., he became one of the London managers - in 1921, he was appointed general manager; he was also general manager of the Japan Assurance Co
LEWIS, GEORGE (1763 - 1822), theologian and Independent minister (1815). The three remaining volumes were published after his death by Edward Davies (1796 - 1857), his co-tutor and son-in-law; it is more than probable that the commentary on Revelations was entirely written by Edward Davies. But George Lewis's principal work was his Drych Ysgrythyrol neu Gorph o ddifinyddiaeth yn cynnwys eglurhad a phrawf o amrywiol ganghennau yr athrawiaeth sydd yn ol duwioldeb
LEWIS, HENRY GETHIN (1872 - 1945), merchant and financier Born 5 April 1872 at Pontlotyn, Glamorganshire, son of James and Margaret Lewis. He went to Lewis School, Pengam, and later entered the office of an uncle who was at the head of the Bute Works Supply Co., Cardiff. He served here for 21 years, becoming a partner and, when the business was formed into a limited liability company, a director and its secretary. He compiled a series of tables which
LEWIS, JANET ELLEN (1900 - 1979), novelist, poet and journalist book, conjuring up vivid scenes of the natural world in the landscape surrounding 'the young Severn'. In 1937 she published a non-fiction, topographical book entitled The Land of Wales, co-authored with her brother, Peter, which, again, paints an affectionate portrait of Wales mainly for an English audience. Lewis's later journalism also focuses on the countryside, albeit mostly in rural Surrey where
LEWIS, JOHN (d. 1616?) Llynwene, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, barrister, and author of The History of Britain Wales against such critics as Polydore Vergil, to correct some statements made by Camden, and to vindicate Geoffrey of Monmouth. The work was edited by Hugh Thomas, the Brecknock genealogist and historian, who made some 'Additions' to the original work; Thomas probably used B.M. Harl. MS. 4872 and not Peniarth MS 252. B.M. Harl. MS. 6870 has the quarterings of John Lewis 'of Lhuynweney,' co. Radnor

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